FFL Partners, a private equity firm focused on growth investments in middle market companies, is to acquire Crisis Prevention Institute (CPI) from Brockway Moran & Partners. CPI specialises in crisis prevention, non-violent physical intervention and dementia care training for education, healthcare and corporate customers. Terms of the private transaction were

European buy and build activity in the first half of 2016 reached its highest level since 2008 with the largest number of deals in the UK and Ireland, according to Silverfleet Capital’s latest semi-annual European Buy & Build Monitor. The Buy & Build Monitor, which tracks global add-on activity undertaken

Financial technology group ayondo has acquired the TradeHero brand, a Singapore investor education app that has been ranked the number one Apple iOS finance app in over 90 countries. The acquisition for TradeHero’s brand outside of China and the US, further expands ayondo’s footprint in Singapore nearly a year after

Law firm Paul Hastings has represented Samsung Electronics in its USD8 billion acquisition of Harman International Industries. Harman provides connected car solutions, with more than 30 million vehicles currently equipped with its connected car and audio systems, including embedded infotainment, telematics, connected safety, and security.   Through the acquisition, Samsung

Inflexion’s portfolio company Kynetec, a specialist in agricultural and animal health market research, has acquired the agriculture and animal health business of Ipsos North America. Ipsos agriculture and animal health in North America comprises two locations: St. Louis in the US and Guelph in Canada.   The acquisition brings additional

Harris Williams & Co is advising Grohmann Engineering on its pending sale to Tesla Motors. Grohmann is a developer and manufacturer of highly customised, high yield, multi-process modular assembly solutions for future oriented end-markets.   Harris Williams & Co served as the exclusive financial adviser to Klaus Grohmann, founder and

Equistone Partners Europe-backed Apogee Corporation has bolted on Hibernian Business Equipment, an Irish print management and managed print services provider. The deal marks the second acquisition since Equistone provided a significant investment in September 2016.   Apogee has completed acquisitions in Scotland, Wales and Germany this year and will continue

IK Investment Partners’ IK VIII Fund has reached an agreement to acquire Granite Holding (Schock), a granite kitchen sink manufacturer, from HQ Equita. Financial terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.   The original inventor of the manufacturing technology commonly used in the production of granite sinks, more than

UK venture capital investor Albion Ventures has completed the acquisition of OLIM from Close Brothers Group.  The acquisition was first announced on 27 September 2016, subject to regulatory approval.   OLIM is a fund manager specialising in UK quoted equities, with around GBP500 million of assets under management.   The